After going five straight models with a mid-cut model, Nike and Bryant will go back to a high-top to help support his surgically repaired Achilles, which he tore in April during a game against the Golden State Warriors.

Bryant has widely been expected to return to the court long before Dec. 4, but ESPN reported that the 35-year-old took a day off from practice Thursday. A team spokesman said Bryant was experiencing “a little bit of soreness” in his left foot.

Coach Mike D’Antoni did not call Bryant’s move a “setback,” ESPN reported, but a league source said Bryant was unlikely to play this weekend.